All Belarusian volunteers, they have taken up arms against Russia's invasion to fight for democracy.
AFP news
May 04, 2023
Greece is home to many of the world's leading ship owners, managers and the broader maritime services industry.
Reuters
May 04, 2023
The dialogue, announced by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in April 2022, aims to produce political, economic and social reform recommendations that could be presented for Sisi's consideration.
Reuters
May 04, 2023
The U.N. agency said Peter Ben Embarek, a Danish scientist who previously headed up its 'One Health' initiative on diseases jumping from animals to humans, was removed from his post last year.
Reuters
May 04, 2023
The U.N. has warned that fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) risks causing a humanitarian catastrophe that could spill over into other countries.
Reuters
May 04, 2023
The government and Tigray forces agreed to end the hostilities in November, which has allowed additional aid to reach the region and for some services to be restored.
Reuters
May 04, 2023
The lucrative trade of poppy tar -- the psychoactive substance in heroin -- has been one of the few constants over decades of war and chaos in Afghanistan.
AFP news
May 04, 2023
The European Union executive proposed new laws on Wednesday to step up fighting corruption through aligning definitions and penalties for graft crimes across the bloc, as well as introducing sanctions for corrupt foreigners.
Reuters
May 03, 2023
Saudia Arabia signalled approval for Israel's U.S.-sponsored forging of ties with Gulf neighbours United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in 2020 but has held off on following suit, saying Palestinian goals for statehood should be addressed first.
Reuters
May 03, 2023
The latest developments came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Finland to meet with Nordic leaders as part of his bid for Ukraine to join NATO.
AFP news
May 03, 2023
The tanker, Niovi, was sailing from Dubai towards Fujairah, another port in the United Arab Emirates, when it was stopped by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy.
AFP news
May 03, 2023
The UAE delivered food parcels to thousands of refugees displaced amid the ongoing civil-war in Sudan.
Vianne Burog
May 03, 2023
The UN's World Meteorological Organization said it now estimated there was a 60-percent chance that El Nino would develop by the end of July, and an 80-percent chance it would do so by the end of September.
AFP news
May 03, 2023
Norway and North Korea remain best and worst, respectively, for press freedom, according to the 21st annual report, which was published on World Press Freedom Day.
AFP news
May 03, 2023
Witnesses in the blockaded Palestinian territory told AFP that several rockets were fired at Israel around this time.
AFP news
May 03, 2023
A Palestinian hunger striker died in Israeli custody on Tuesday, sparking an exchange of fire between Israel and armed groups in Gaza, before three Palestinian officials said the sides had agreed to a ceasefire.
Reuters
May 03, 2023
The measures have yet to make much headway against opposition to the hijab, and could worsen economic pressures if they result in the closure of businesses, Iranian activists say.
Reuters
May 03, 2023
The chief executive insisted that the students' pivot to ChatGPT was a blip and that clients who kept their faith in the company's products "continue to choose us and retain us at high rates."
AFP news
May 03, 2023
After decades of underinvestment, Europe's defence industry is struggling to adapt to a surge in demand sparked by Russia's war on its pro-Western neighbour.
AFP news
May 03, 2023
More than 66,000 Syrians ended up in Sudan after their homeland was torn apart by the conflict since 2011, according to U.N. figures, drawn by easy entry requirements.
Reuters
May 03, 2023
The rockets could help Ukraine weaken Russian ground positions and provide advancing Ukrainian ground forces with air support as Kyiv plans a spring offensive.
Reuters
May 03, 2023
Russian territory and Crimea, annexed by Moscow in 2014, have been hit in recent days by a series of attacks.
AFP news
May 03, 2023
Messi, who will turn 36 in June, played in PSG's 3-1 home defeat by Lorient in Ligue 1 on Sunday.
AFP news
May 03, 2023
The visit comes just weeks after Iran's landmark agreement to restore ties with regional rival Saudi Arabia and amid a flurry of diplomacy in the Middle East as regional relations with Iran and Syria shift.
AFP news
May 03, 2023
She proudly considers herself from Jaffa -- now south of Tel Aviv -- and talks as if she has lived there all her life, instead of in the ramshackle Shatila refugee camp south of Beirut.
AFP news
May 03, 2023
Ukraine harvested a record 86 million tonnes of grain in 2021 and 53 million tonnes in 2022, the first year of Russia's invasion.
Reuters
May 02, 2023
Ukraine's military vowed on Tuesday not to give up the eastern city of Bakhmut as it prepares to launch a counteroffensive against Russian forces.
Reuters
May 02, 2023
India, backed by China, is trying to build a consensus within the G20 group to let countries choose a roadmap to cut carbon emissions instead of setting a deadline to end the use of fossil fuels, three Indian government officials said.
Reuters
May 02, 2023
She will travel Wednesday to Salvador, the heart of the Afro-Brazilian community, to highlight work to build racial equality in the two multiethnic nations.
AFP news
May 02, 2023
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced the two deaths in his nightly video address, vowing: "The Russian occupiers will receive our answer for every such strike.
Reuters
May 02, 2023
